a. With prompting and support, identify stories that are similar to one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
b. With prompting and support, tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

K:

a. With prompting and support, identify stories that are different from one another in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
b. With prompting and support, tell a short story in dramatic play or a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

1:

a. Identify similarities and differences in stories from one’s own community in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
b. Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a fictional literary source in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

2:

a. Identify similarities and differences in stories from multiple cultures in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).
b. Collaborate on the creation of a short scene based on a non-fiction literary source in a guided drama experience (e.g., process drama, story drama, creative drama).

3:

a. Explore how stories are adapted from literature to drama/theatre work.
b. Examine how artists have historically presented the same stories using different art forms, genres, or drama/theatre conventions.

4:

a. Investigate cross-cultural approaches to storytelling in drama/theatre work.
b. Compare the drama/theatre conventions of a given time period with those of the present.

5:

a. Analyze commonalities and differences between stories set in different cultures in preparation for a drama/theatre work.
b. Identify historical sources that explain drama/theatre terminology and conventions.

6:

a. Research and analyze two different versions of the same drama/theatre story to determine differences and similarities in the visual and aural world of each story.
b. Investigate the time period and place of a drama/theatre work to better understand performance and design choices.

7:

a. Research and discuss how a playwright might have intended a drama/theatre work to be produced.
b. Examine artifacts from a time period and geographic location to better understand performance and design choices in a drama/theatre work.

8:

a. Research the story elements of a staged drama/theatre work and compare them to another production of the same work.
b. Identify and use artifacts from a time period and place to develop performance and design choices in a drama/theatre work.

HS Proficient:

a. Research how other theatre artists apply creative processes to tell stories in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work, using theatre research methods.
b. Use basic theatre research methods to better understand the social and cultural background of a drama/theatre work.

HS Accomplished:

a. Formulate creative choices for a devised or scripted drama/theatre work based on theatre research about the selected topic.
b. Explore how personal beliefs and biases can affect the interpretation of research data applied in drama/theatre work.

HS Advanced:

a. Justify the creative choices made in a devised or scripted drama/theatre work, based on a critical interpretation of specific data from theatre research.
b. Present and support an opinion about the social, cultural, and historical understandings of a drama/theatre work, based on critical research.